Immigration
The richest man to ever live.
Who is John Rockefeller?
What day were terrorists attacks taken out against the World Trade Center and Pentagon?
What is September 11, 2001?
The time period identified by great wealth but also extensive poverty.
What is The Gilded Age?
A type of art used to get people talking about current issues.
What is a political cartoon?
Super tall buildings made of steel. Cities could have large populations.
What are skyscrapers?
He gave away most of his wealth to the building of libraries and other social goods.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
Government act granting 160 acres to people willing to live on the land for 5 years.
What is the Homestead Act?
Person who invented the first mass-produced automobile.
Who is Henry Ford?
Reasons many people chose to come to America.
What is for a better life/better job?
A place where many people worked in cities for long hours and in unsafe conditions for little pay.
What are Factories?
Believed that sheep were awful for the land and wanted to get rid of sheep farming.
Who are Ranch Barons?
Lakota leader who died September 5, 1877 at Camp Robinson, Nebraska.
Who was Crazy Horse?
Type of art that focused on the beauty of nature.
What is Hudson River School of Art?
Transportation that allowed people to quickly and safely cross the country.
What is the railroad?
Wealthy businessmen who used unfair methods to build their fortune.
Who is a robber baron?
A device used to help someone understand when different events happened visually.
What is a timeline?
Got his start in banking and then bought out others to become a robber baron.
Who is J.P. Morgan?
Towns that appeared quickly where ever gold was discovered. (Deadwood is an example.)
What are Boomtowns?
Place where many Native American children were forced to go.
What is Boarding Schools?